Put California in Play

By

Peter Robinson

Updated Nov. 11, 2008 12:01 a.m. ET

How? By appealing to the Golden State's fastest-growing demographic group, Hispanics. Yes, I know. In recent elections roughly two-thirds of the Hispanics who voted in California went for Democrats. But there is one hopeful precedent: Proposition 227.

On the state ballot a decade ago, this measure called for a ban on bilingual education in the public schools. Ron Unz, the high tech entrepreneur who drafted the initiative, based it on...